Stranger, The (1946)

Edward G. Robinson pursues a nazi war criminal named Franz Kindler. He thinks it’s the kindly college professor played by Orson Welles. Only a dead man can link him to the crimes… or is it his own obsessions that will finally be his undoing. If you haven’t caught this film, this is a keeper in the realm of public domain films.

If you ever get a chance, watch “Touch of Evil” with Welles and Heston. It’s not just one of my favorite Orson Welles movies, it’s one of my favorite movies. That’s especially since the DVD release is recut to the way Orson Welles wanted to edit it, not what the studio finally came up with.

This movie is flat scary. You can practically smell Orson Welles as the Evil drunk cop.